Instructional Design & Web Technologies Workshops

This page provides an overview of the available workshops. Faculty can schedule an individualized consultation, an office visit, or attend a schedule workshop. Departmental workshop can also be scheduled by your department chair.

D2L: Tools & Release Options

D2L Intelligence Agents

Intelligent Agents monitor your class to find activity that matches criteria such as login activity or release conditions that are set by the instructor. The agent then sends a separate email to the user that created the agent when it finds users matching its criteria. Agents can be run manually or set them to run on a schedule; daily, weekly, monthly, or annually.

Preparing for Your Summer Course [NEW]

This is an open three hour session where you can work on your course and consult with the IDDS staff. You are in control of this three hour session. Mini-trainings will be conducted based on the needs of the person or group attending.

Using Respondus to Upload Quiz Questions to D2L

In this workshop you'll learn how to format quiz questions so they upload automatically through Respondus. Respondus is a software program that takes the raw quiz questions, formats them and allows you to easily add them to the D2L platform.

Working Collaboratively in an Online Environment

Web 2.0

Class Projects using Blogs and Wikis

Description In this workshop you'll learn how to use the Wiki, Blog and Podcast features in D2L.

Digital Storytelling: Educational Uses

Digital Storytelling uses computer-based tools to tell stories. The digital story focuses on a specific topic and generally contains a mixture of media--text, music, graphics and audio and usually take between 2 and 10 minutes in length.

Podcasting

Podcasting entails audio content that is delivered via an RSS feed presenting a downloadable or streaming file (often mp3. Learn how to create a Podcast in this workshop.

What's All the Fuss About: Web 2.0

In this workshop you'll learn about Web 2.0 technologies such as Second Life, Wikis, Blogs, YouTube, MySpace, Twitter, among others, and their education uses.

The Basics

Scanning Text and Graphics

There are many different types of scanning software. Frequently, software is shipped with the scanner that was purchased for home or office use. IDWT has purchased the Canoscan Lide 100 for use in the lab. Learn how to use this software to scan both text and graphics.

Wimba is a virtual classroom. It builds relationships by allowing participants in the classroom to hear and see each other, share applications on their desktops, and display course content.

Why is IDWT using Wimba?

IDWT wants to increase our service to faculty by providing an additional service that will allow a faculty member to stay home or in their office while still obtaining the assistance they require.

Online Demo of D2L Overview using a Wimba Classroom

The Wimba Session was created to provide an overview of the D2L platform. The first 1.5 hours will cover each area of the platform. The last half hour will be open to general D2L questions. Along with the Wimba session, we recommend that instructors sign up for a Wimba Test Session. The test session will help us ensure that everyone can access the platform.

Working with Content Session using a Wimba Classroom

Stay in your office and learn how to work with Content in D2L using the Wimba Classroom.